The contracts are with the City of Hoover; the Innovation Depot, formerly Entrepreneurial Center at the downtown Sears site; KD Hoover, developer of The Grove Shopping Center in Hoover; Jim Walter Resources Inc. and Colonial Realty Properties, developer of Colonial Tannehill shopping center in McCalla.

The commission will now ask a federal bankruptcy court judge for permission to end the contracts.

In another matter, the commission voted 2-1 to fully fund the Bessemer Advocacy Center for one year.

The commission had considered funding the agency, which helps abused children, for six months.

Commissioners Joe Knight and Jimmie Stephens voted for the year long funding while Commission President David Carrington voted for a six month funding.